Economists, practitioners of the dismal science, are little known for
their compassion or their profundity, but Robert Heilbroner, author
of The Worldly Philosophers, displays both in this sweeping study of
the state and future of capitalism. Based on lectures delivered at
Massey College, Heilbroner's book argues persuasively that the public
sector, far from being a drag on the marketplace, can be "an
indispensable source of strength;" that the death of Communism, not
just an unalloyed cause for celebration, represents in some ways the
end of the ideals of egalitarianism and community; and that there is
"a limit beyond which acquisitiveness no longer serves, and may well
disserve, the adaptability of the order." A book everyone concerned
about more than their next paycheck should read.
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